The Vaticans new secretary of state, Archbishop Pietro Parolin said this week that the issue of priest celibacy is not dogma and is therefore up for discussion.

Its not a church dogma and it can be discussed because it is a church tradition, Parolin told the Venezuelan El Universal, according to a translation by the National Catholic Reporter.

The work the church did to institute ecclesiastical celibacy must be considered, said Parolin, who will officially assume the role of secretary of state in October. We cannot simply say that it is part of the past. It is a great challenge for the pope, because he is the one with the ministry of unity and all of those decisions must be made thinking of the unity of the church and not to divide it.....

So if a father is a teacher of mid-high history, coaches the girls basketball team and is a youth minister at his church on weekends/Sundays  watch out! He would be much more prone to pedophilia that any priest.

Sorrowfully in this age of unnatural abominations made mainstream, celibacy stands out as a grave insult to the perverse, who naturally despise such antithesis of evil.

Self control, sacrifice and offering of the priesthood, by the priest, sets them apart in this world. The Enemy is jealous of such men, wishing accordingly to devour them and bring division to the Church, wherever there is an opening.

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posted on 09/14/2013 10:21:16 PM PDT
by RitaOK
( VIVA CHRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)

Not exactly. The Priests guilty of abuse were mostly predatory homosexual men. The victims were almost all males past puberty. Still wrong, but not something that married priests would resolve. Also, we already have lots of married priests. Those Priests from other faiths, who are married, and convert, are allowed to stay married and to be Catholic Priests.

Celibacy wasn’t required until the middle ages and it came about as a practical response to priests bankrupting their congregations with their own large families that had to be provided for through offerings...

Celibacy is unnatural , I say the church should attract more into the priesthood and not less. The church is under attack by Muslims that are multiplying like rabbits and are taught by their “god” to start multiplying at age 9... Time we joined the battle.

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posted on 09/15/2013 4:17:57 AM PDT
by Neidermeyer
(I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)

I think at some point it may change to allow men who are already married to be ordained based on special consideration on a case by case basis. Much like the exception already permitted for under certain circumstance. I don’t think it will ever be standard policy.

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